Amaraparvata, Amara-parvata: 7 definitions
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Amaraparvata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaAmaraparvata (啶呧ぎ啶班お啶班啶掂い).鈥擜n ancient place in Bh膩rata. Nakula had conquered this place. (Mah膩bh膩rata, Sabh膩 Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 11).
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩garaAmaraparvata (啶呧ぎ啶班お啶班啶掂い) is the name of a sacred place in Ka艣m墨ra, according to in the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 51. Accordingly as the Vidy膩dhar墨 K膩帽canaprabh膩 said to Narav膩hanadatta while in a Svayambh奴 temple of 艢iva: 鈥�... after hearing this from the science [Praj帽apti] she [Ala峁卥膩ravat墨] went with her mother [K膩帽canaprabh膩] to Ka艣m墨ra, and worshipped 艢iva in all the holy places, in Nandik峁tra, and Mah膩devagiri, in Amaraparvata, in the mountains of Sure艣var墨, and in Vijaya, and Kapa峁璭艣vara. After worshipping the husband of P膩rvat墨 in these and other holy places, that princess of the Vidy膩dharas and her mother returned home鈥�.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Amaraparvata, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmaraparvata (啶呧ぎ啶班お啶班啶掂い).鈥攁nd
Amaraparvata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amara and parvata (啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAmaraparvata (啶呧ぎ啶班お啶班啶掂い):鈥擺=a-mara-parvata] [from a-mara > a-mamri] m. Name of a mountain, [Mah膩bh膩rata ii, 1193.]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAmaraparvata (嗖呧伯嗖班勃嗖班硩嗖掂菠):鈥擺noun] = 嗖呧伯嗖班矖嗖苦舶嗖� [amaragiri].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Parvata, Amara.
Full-text: Amaradri, Kapateshvara, Mahadevagiri, Sureshvari, Vijaya.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 172 - The Greatness of M膩峁囜笉avya T墨rtha < [Section 3 - Rev膩-kha峁囜笉a]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LI < [Book IX - Ala峁卥膩ravat墨]
Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)